The Man and the Challenge Episode Rating Graph
Sep 1959 - Jun 1960
Sep 1959 - Jun 1960
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S1 Ep1
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12th Sep 1959
In order to test human stamina at high altitudes, Barton and two other men go up in a balloon. When one panics and fails the required standards he is replaced by a woman which draws a hostile response from the remaining pilot.
S1 Ep2
19th Sep 1959
Barton sends two men into the frozen north to test their endurance in extreme levels of cold and isolation. He wants to determine the best way to train men for high security jobs in the Arctic.
S1 Ep4
3rd Oct 1959
To study the effects of gravity on potential astronauts, Barton goes to France to learn free fall parachuting from a brother-and-sister team of skydivers: Suzanne and Georges Bolet.
S1 Ep6
17th Oct 1959
In a hostile country, three Americans are being held captive. Barton is asked by a Washington official to form a clandestine athletic unit to free them.
S1 Ep7
24th Oct 1959
In order to test the U2-21 drug which supposedly increases a man's ability to retain oxygen at great heights, Barton puts a group of mountaineers through a rigorous test in the Rockies before sending them to the Himalayas for a final test.
S1 Ep8
31st Oct 1959
Two antagonistic jet pilots are entered into a Mexican auto race to prove that a team can overcome obstacles better than any single person could.
S1 Ep9
7th Nov 1959
Barton enters an active volcano to test a new type of fire suit. He nearly loses his life in the experiment.
S1 Ep10
14th Nov 1959
Barton researches hypothermia in Antarctica by reducing the body temperature of two doctors. He hopes the experiment will lead to an understanding of how to freeze astronauts to withstand certain aspects of interplanetary flight.
S1 Ep11
28th Nov 1959
A volunteer is sealed in a cell for 30 days and is subjected to psychological torment in order to determine his breaking point.
S1 Ep12
5th Dec 1959
Glenn Barton is sent on a dual mission: test survival techniques in the Amazon Basin and determine the fate of four lost fliers.
S1 Ep14
19th Dec 1959
Barton uses a chemical names LSD-25 on a firefighter. The chemical removes fear, but raging forest fires prove that fear is a necessary part of courage.
S1 Ep16
10.0
1st Jan 1960
Glenn Barton is asked to clear the reputation of a man who died mysteriously.
S1 Ep17
9th Jan 1960
On a cliff above the Colorado River, Barton rescues a parachuted pilot.
S1 Ep18
23rd Jan 1960
Barton investigates the effects of a new rocket belt at a rodeo.
S1 Ep19
30th Jan 1960
A crack test pilot crashes his aircraft. After the crash he experiences a self-induced paralysis that slowly destroys his career and marriage. Barton restores the pilot's confidence by using hypnotic techniques.
S1 Ep20
6th Feb 1960
Barton tests candidates for command positions in space.
S1 Ep21
13th Feb 1960
Barton looks individuals that subconsciously want to destroy themselves. He wants to learn why some men desire death.
S1 Ep23
27th Feb 1960
Barton experiments with Yoga to show that it can be helpful in adverting tragedy.
S1 Ep24
3rd Mar 1960
A warden's daughter is held hostage by four escaped convicts.
S1 Ep25
12th Mar 1960
Barton performs and experiment to show that ignorance and fear cause lack of efficiency.
S1 Ep26
19th Mar 1960
Barton conducts a test on a pilot to prove that he can be switched successfully to a desk job.
S1 Ep27
26th Mar 1960
Barton puts four women against four men in order to prove that woman can equal and perhaps surpass males as astronauts.
S1 Ep28
2nd Apr 1960
In order to prove that emotional stress promotes telepathy, Barton parachutes from a high precipice.
S1 Ep29
9th Apr 1960
Barton conducts a survival test on the surface of the ocean.
S1 Ep32
7th May 1960
Barton puts the king of syut drivers through an incredibly dangerous test believing that the secret to survival lies in body chemical reactions.
S1 Ep33
21st May 1960
Barton almost dies when a scientist ignoring his own physical limits and Barton's warnings misreads important test instruments.
S1 Ep36
11th Jun 1960
Barton researches highway hypnosis by subjecting himself to driving conditions that have killed five truck drivers.
The first episode of The Man and the Challenge aired on September 12, 1959.
The last episode of The Man and the Challenge aired on June 11, 1960.
There are 36 episodes of The Man and the Challenge.
There is one season of The Man and the Challenge.
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The Man and the Challenge has ended.